Dermatitis in children: how and what to treat
Dermatitis — skin inflammation, characterized by increased reaction of the organism to the factors present in the environment. This means that the child with dermatitis has a congenital or acquired predisposition to allergic diseases. The development of dermatitis occurs in children in the first months of life, and rarely occurs after 4 years. Risk of dermatitis to a higher degree affects the following groups of children:
- Children with one or both parents are suffering some form of Allergy (food Allergy, bronchial asthma, etc.);
- Ill with common infectious diseases, as well as if they ached mother during pregnancy, the causes can always be feeding;
- Often the host after the birth medication or if they often took the mother during pregnancy;
- Born after a difficult pregnancy and birth.
- With improper feeding (artificial feeding not adapted dairy mixes, early weaning, allergenic foods: chocolate, citrus, eggs, nuts, etc.), all this causes baby dermatitis;
- After a long stay in too chemisorbing environment (dyes, exhaust gases, smoke, etc.)
- Insufficiently comply with hygiene measures for the care of baby skin (for the 1st year of life, in particular).
Vary several childhood dermatitis with their causes, characteristics of flow and methods of treatment. Among the most common types of dermatitis in children include:
- Atopic;
- Contact;
- Diaper;
- Seborrheic.
Dermatitis in baby seborrheic
Seborrheic dermatitis child skin inflammation, most often found on the scalp (localization of the disease can be different). The main symptom is the presence of greasy yellow crusts on the skin surface.
Seborrheic dermatitis in babies is caused by the fungus Malassezia furfur, which propagate on the surface of baby's skin and causing the symptoms of the disease. The disease begins to develop on the scalp where there is hair, in children, infants (2-3 weeks).
The main manifestation of seborrheic dermatitis in children is associated with oily, yellowish scales or crusts (gneiss) on the scalp. Develops seborrheic dermatitis in children in these areas of the body: the ears, neck, sternum, axillary and inguinal skin folds of the body of the child. The itching is almost not expressed or absent.
If seborrheic dermatitis is not treated, the accession of bacterial infections, significantly complicating the disease.
Treatment of seborrheic dermatitis in children
In the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis in children, should wash the head of a specialshampoos every day and to remove seborrheic crust (gneisses) by mechanical means. For most children, 6-8 weeks of life characterized by self-disappearance of the symptoms of seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp.
Sometimes pediatricians in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis, we recommend the use of special tools. In the process of daily shampoo shampoos Nizoral or Kelual DS inflammation of the skin with formation of scales decreases significantly.
This leads to a decrease in the activity of the fungus that contribute to seborrheic dermatitis. After the head washed with shampoo and treated the other affected area, the skin is dried and inflamed areas are applied with special tools: cream Bioderma Sensibio DS, Savorelli, friderm zinc. Treatment of seborrheic dermatitis through drug shampoos and creams controlled by your doctor.
Dermatitis atopic in children
Atopic dermatitis in children, skin inflammation, for which characterstudio symptoms — inflammation, dryness, redness, skin peeling, bubbles from the fluid in inflamed areas, and itching. The cause of atopic dermatitis should be considered to be an innate predisposition of the child's immunity to allergic reactions.
Reasons — the level of antibodies in the blood of children responsible for Allergy (immunoglobulin type E-IgE), suffering from atopic dermatitis, is somewhat elevated. Only a small stimulus from the environment to develop an allergic reaction and went Treatment suggests that the diet of a child suffering with atopic dermatitis should be dairy products, various cereals, mashed vegetables, most importantly, effective air baths.
You should periodically leave the baby throughout the day without any clothes on warm. So the skin of the perineum off and are dried, this is a kind of complex treatment. On baby's skin after washing apply moisturiser: emulsion Topicrem or D-Panthenol. Effective impact in the treatment of diaper dermatitis is caused by ointments based on lanolin.
Contact dermatitis in children
Contact dermatitis in children is the inflammation of children's skin in the area of direct effects of the stimulus (area of constant friction of the clothes, the seams, the annoying cream, skin contact with metal objects, etc.), pictures clearly demonstrate the effects of dermatitis of this type. Contact dermatitis does not require special treatment and resolves on its own if further exposure to a stimulus on the skin of the child is excluded.